Cook crosses 5000 runs in Tests

Alastair Cook, who scored an unbeaten 61 on Day 2 of the 5th Ashes Test, became the 20th English cricketer to cross 5000 runs in Test cricket.

Cook, who now has 15 hundreds and 25 half-centuries, is only the third player in the current England team to have scored more than 5000 runs. Skipper Andrew Strauss has scored 6084 runs in Test cricket while Kevin Pietersen has 5666 Test runs under his belt.

England players with more than 5000 runs in Test cricket:

Player

Matches

Innings

Runs

Highest

Average

100s

50s

0s

Graham Gooch

118

215

8900

333

42.58

20

46

13

Alec Stewart

133

235

8463

190

39.54

15

45

14

David Gower

117

204

8231

215

44.25

18

39

7

Geoff Boycott

108

193

8114

246*

47.72

22

42

10

Michael Atherton

115

212

7728

185*

37.69

16

46

20

Colin Cowdrey

114

188

7624

182

44.06

22

38

9

Wally Hammond

85

140

7249

336*

58.45

22

24

4

Len Hutton

79

138

6971

364

56.67

19

33

5

Ken Barrington

82

131

6806

256

58.67

20

35

5

Graham Thorpe

100

179

6744

200*

44.66

16

39

12

Andrew Strauss

82*

147

6084

177

43.14

19

24

12

Marcus Trescothick

76

143

5825

219

43.79

14

29

12

Dennis Compton

78

131

5807

278

50.06

17

28

10

Nasser Hussain

96

171

5764

207

37.18

14

33

14

Michael Vaughan

82

147

5719

197

41.44

18

18

9

Kevin Pietersen

71*

123

5666

227

48.42

17

21

7

Jack Hobbs

61

102

5410

211

56.94

15

28

4

Ian Botham

102

161

5200

208

33.54

14

22

14

John Edrich

77

127

5138

310*

43.54

12

24

6

Alastair Cook

65*

115

5002

235*

46.74

15

25

3

Cook, who is currently the highest-run scorer for England in the ongoing Ashes series, has accumulated most of his career Test runs against Australia. Cook has scored 1136 runs against the Kangaroos while his second most is against West Indies, having scored 991 runs.

Country-wise summary of Alastair Cook in Tests:

Opposition

Matches

Innings

Runs

Highest

Average

100s

50s

Australia

15

26

1136

235*

47.33

3

4

Bangladesh

4

7

401

173

66.83

2

0

India

7

14

527

104*

40.53

1

4

New Zealand

6

10

308

61

30.8

0

2

Pakistan

8

14

570

127

40.71

3

1

South Africa

8

14

616

118

44

1

6

Sri Lanka

6

11

453

118

45.3

1

3

West Indies

11

19

991

160

61.93

4

5

Note: The above records are updated till the end of Day 2 of the 5th Ashes Test